demi-

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”).

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese: 半 (bàn) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Finnish: puoli- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• French: demi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Georgian: ნახევარ- (naxevar-) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Georgian: ნახევრად- (naxevrad-) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Greek: ημι- (imi-) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Ido: mi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Italian: semi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Italian: emi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Japanese: 半 (han) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Korean: 반 (ban) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Latin: semi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Norman: d'mié — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Polish: pół- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Romanian: semi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Romanian: demi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Romanian: emi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Russian: пол- (pol-) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Russian: полу- (polu-) — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Sicilian: emi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Sicilian: simi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Spanish: semi- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Tagalog: mala- — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-
• Vietnamese: bán — half — see also half-, semi-, hemi-